豚とパパ: The Peegs -N- Papa

“Buta to Otchan,” or “Pigs And Papa” is the title of a book by Toshiteru Yamaji. He spent several years taking these photos of a fellow named Otchan, who has 1,200 pigs at his farm in Marugame, a countryside city of Kagawa. Yamaji self-published the book and won the 13th Japan Self-Publishing Award Graphic Prize for it. You can find it on Amazon and Foil Tokyo. Way more photos here.

I’d rather the comments section of this site not be used for proselytizing of any kind. It’s impossible to have an actual discussion here due to the format and limitations, so there’s literally nothing that can come from trying to have one anyway besides a whole bunch of gnashing teeth and shaking fists.

What strikes me here is that not only the pigs are happy, but the man too. Raising animals in subhuman conditions only brings misery to the farmers as well. But if you demand animal welfare, but get ready to pay for it! Those piglets ain’t gonna walk themselves to the beach for a relaxing nap :D